Doctor Aphra (2016) 16

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Doctor Aphra 16 is the sixteenth issue of the canon comic book series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra. The issue was written by Kieron Gillen and Si Spurrier, illustrated by Emilio Laiso, and published on January 31, 2018 by Marvel Comics. The issue contains the story "Remastered Part III," in which Doctor Aphra encounters Inspector Magna Tolvan.

Publisher's summary

Tensions are high in this galaxy far, far away for Doctor Aphra. She's got a new master holding her reins…and he's a Triple-threat. Also – Magna Tolvan. Friend or foe?!

Opening crawl

REMASTERED
Part III 
It is a time of instability in the galaxy as rebel
forces battle the Galactic Empire for freedom.
But instability can lead to opportunity for those
with the know-how and lack of scruples to let
them take advantage of it.

Rogue archaeologist and scoundrel Doctor Chelli
Aphra would typically be one such individual.
Unfortunately, she's been blackmailed into the
servitude of a psychotic droid crime lord,
Triple-Zero.

Triple-Zero has tasked Aphra with leading a team
to steal secured data files from an old Techno
Union stash. As if that weren't hard enough,
Aphra is also being pursued by the just-her-type
Imperial Inspector, Magna Tolvan....

Plot summary

After defeating several droids, Dr. Chelli Lona Aphra opens a mysterious box, revealing 60 explosive, shrink-frozen tookas. Unbeknownst to her, a nearby droid transmitted her image upon deactivation. When Imperial Inspector Magna Tolvan receives the video, she is intrigued by Aphra's new bracelets and orders a ship to pursue her.

Aphra's team takes cover in an old station, but an Imperial starship crashes through the structure. Tolvan and her stormtroopers emerge, but the impact awakens a massive techno-totem monster that attacks everyone. An explosive tooka proves ineffective against it. Amid the chaos, Tolvan confronts Aphra about a past incident that cost her her rank. As the situation becomes desperate, they share a kiss. The creature is finally disabled when a stormtrooper's stray shot brings the ceiling down on it.

In the aftermath, Tolvan tells Aphra that her official file has been altered by someone powerful and asks for her real name. Aphra then helps Tolvan escape. Shortly after, Aphra receives a holographic call from the droid 0-0-0, who orders her to retrieve his memories from Hivebase-1. Aphra explains the location is a nearly impenetrable Tarkin Initiative archive, serving as a gravity anchor for a billion-strong swarm of acid larvae, but Triple-Zero is insistent.

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  • Worm (Mentioned only)

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2016) #16 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  2. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of issues 9 to 31 of the Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic-book series to around 1 ABY. Therefore Doctor Aphra 16 must take place around 1 ABY.

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Aphra: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
The Screaming Citadel: 7 · 8
The Enormous Profit: 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13
Remastered: 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19
The Catastrophe Con: 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25
Worst Among Equals: 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31
Unspeakable Rebel Superweapon: 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36
A Rogue's End: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40
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Related media
Doctor Aphra (2020) · Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent
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